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A highlight of the Postgraduate Symposia at the AATS Centennial will be the Legends Luncheons. This year, renowned cardiothoracic surgeons, William I. Norwood, MD, Valerie W. Rusch, MD, and Magdi H. Yacoub, MD, will share their experiences at the interactive luncheons on Sunday at each of the Postgraduate Symposia. You must be registered for a Sunday Postgraduate Symposia to attend the Legend Luncheons, but you may select any luncheon to attend.
William I. Norwood, MD (Congenital Heart Surgery)
Dr. Norwood trained in cardiac surgery at the University of Minnesota as well as at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He took a staff position at Boston Children’s Hospital in 1976. In 1981, he and his colleageues first reported the hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) procedure that bears his name. 
HLHS is congenital heart defect in which one or more of the left-sided cardiac structures are underdeveloped and unable to support the systemic circulation. Dr. Norwood’s operation, improved over the years with subsequent stages and refinements, alleviated the universally fatal condition, allowing survivors to live functional lives, even if restricted to varying degreess.
Dr. Norwood became chief of cardiac surgery at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, after which, he and Aldo Castaneda, MD, established a private clinic in Geneva, Switzerland in 1994. Dr. Norwood later moved to Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, from which he retired from clinical practice in 2003.
Valerie W. Rusch, MD (General Thoraic Surgery)
Dr. Rusch is the Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Surgery, and Miner Family Chair in Intrathoracic Cancers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Rusch was a pioneer among women in cardiothoracic surgery, and was among the first women in the country to be board certified. In 2015, Dr. Rusch was elected Chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons, one of the most prestigious positions a surgeon can attain.
Dr. Rusch specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with a variety of thoracic cancers, including lung, esophageal, mediastinaal, chest wall, and pleural.
She is a national leader in clinical trials for thoracic malignancies, and has received the Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education Socrates Award. Dr. Rusch is co-author on more than 260 papers and numerous book chapters and invited texts and has received numerous teaching and patient-care excellence awards.
Magdi H. Yacoub, MD (Adult Cardiac Surgery and Transplantation)
Dr. Yacoub is Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and Founder and Director of Research at the Magdi Yacoub Institute, Harefield Heart Science Centre, which focuses on tissue engineering, myocardial regeneration, stem cell biology, end stage heart failure, and transplant immunology. He is also Founder and Director of Magdi Yacoub Research Network which has created the Qatar Cardiovascular Research Center in collaboration with Qatar Foundation and Hamad Medical Corporation.
Dr. Yacoub was born in Egypt and held an assistant professorship at the University of Chicago. He was a British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery for over 20 years, and a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Harefield Hospital from 1969-2001 and Royal Brompton Hospital from 1986-2001. 
Dr. Yacoub established the largest heart and lung transplantation program in the world (in the United Kingdom) where more than 2,500 transplant operations have been performed. Among his many other accomplishments, he pioneered a live-saving surgical technique for treating infants born with transposition of the great arteries.
Dr. Yacoub was knighted for his services to medicine and surgery in 1991, awarded Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1998 and became a Fellow of The Royal Society in 1999.
Dr. Yacoub is author or co-author on more than 1,000 articles
A highlight of the Postgraduate Symposia at the AATS Centennial will be the Legends Luncheons. This year, renowned cardiothoracic surgeons, William I. Norwood, MD, Valerie W. Rusch, MD, and Magdi H. Yacoub, MD, will share their experiences at the interactive luncheons on Sunday at each of the Postgraduate Symposia. You must be registered for a Sunday Postgraduate Symposia to attend the Legend Luncheons, but you may select any luncheon to attend.
William I. Norwood, MD (Congenital Heart Surgery)
Dr. Norwood trained in cardiac surgery at the University of Minnesota as well as at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He took a staff position at Boston Children’s Hospital in 1976. In 1981, he and his colleageues first reported the hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) procedure that bears his name.
HLHS is congenital heart defect in which one or more of the left-sided cardiac structures are underdeveloped and unable to support the systemic circulation. Dr. Norwood’s operation, improved over the years with subsequent stages and refinements, alleviated the universally fatal condition, allowing survivors to live functional lives, even if restricted to varying degreess.
Dr. Norwood became chief of cardiac surgery at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, after which, he and Aldo Castaneda, MD, established a private clinic in Geneva, Switzerland in 1994. Dr. Norwood later moved to Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, from which he retired from clinical practice in 2003.
Valerie W. Rusch, MD (General Thoraic Surgery)
Dr. Rusch is the Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Surgery, and Miner Family Chair in Intrathoracic Cancers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Rusch was a pioneer among women in cardiothoracic surgery, and was among the first women in the country to be board certified. In 2015, Dr. Rusch was elected Chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons, one of the most prestigious positions a surgeon can attain.
Dr. Rusch specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with a variety of thoracic cancers, including lung, esophageal, mediastinaal, chest wall, and pleural.
She is a national leader in clinical trials for thoracic malignancies, and has received the Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education Socrates Award. Dr. Rusch is co-author on more than 260 papers and numerous book chapters and invited texts and has received numerous teaching and patient-care excellence awards.
Magdi H. Yacoub, MD (Adult Cardiac Surgery and Transplantation)
Dr. Yacoub is Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and Founder and Director of Research at the Magdi Yacoub Institute, Harefield Heart Science Centre, which focuses on tissue engineering, myocardial regeneration, stem cell biology, end stage heart failure, and transplant immunology. He is also Founder and Director of Magdi Yacoub Research Network which has created the Qatar Cardiovascular Research Center in collaboration with Qatar Foundation and Hamad Medical Corporation.
Dr. Yacoub was born in Egypt and held an assistant professorship at the University of Chicago. He was a British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery for over 20 years, and a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Harefield Hospital from 1969-2001 and Royal Brompton Hospital from 1986-2001.
Dr. Yacoub established the largest heart and lung transplantation program in the world (in the United Kingdom) where more than 2,500 transplant operations have been performed. Among his many other accomplishments, he pioneered a live-saving surgical technique for treating infants born with transposition of the great arteries.
Dr. Yacoub was knighted for his services to medicine and surgery in 1991, awarded Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1998 and became a Fellow of The Royal Society in 1999.
Dr. Yacoub is author or co-author on more than 1,000 articles
A highlight of the Postgraduate Symposia at the AATS Centennial will be the Legends Luncheons. This year, renowned cardiothoracic surgeons, William I. Norwood, MD, Valerie W. Rusch, MD, and Magdi H. Yacoub, MD, will share their experiences at the interactive luncheons on Sunday at each of the Postgraduate Symposia. You must be registered for a Sunday Postgraduate Symposia to attend the Legend Luncheons, but you may select any luncheon to attend.
William I. Norwood, MD (Congenital Heart Surgery)
Dr. Norwood trained in cardiac surgery at the University of Minnesota as well as at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He took a staff position at Boston Children’s Hospital in 1976. In 1981, he and his colleageues first reported the hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) procedure that bears his name.
HLHS is congenital heart defect in which one or more of the left-sided cardiac structures are underdeveloped and unable to support the systemic circulation. Dr. Norwood’s operation, improved over the years with subsequent stages and refinements, alleviated the universally fatal condition, allowing survivors to live functional lives, even if restricted to varying degreess.
Dr. Norwood became chief of cardiac surgery at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, after which, he and Aldo Castaneda, MD, established a private clinic in Geneva, Switzerland in 1994. Dr. Norwood later moved to Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, from which he retired from clinical practice in 2003.
Valerie W. Rusch, MD (General Thoraic Surgery)
Dr. Rusch is the Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Surgery, and Miner Family Chair in Intrathoracic Cancers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Rusch was a pioneer among women in cardiothoracic surgery, and was among the first women in the country to be board certified. In 2015, Dr. Rusch was elected Chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons, one of the most prestigious positions a surgeon can attain.
Dr. Rusch specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with a variety of thoracic cancers, including lung, esophageal, mediastinaal, chest wall, and pleural.
She is a national leader in clinical trials for thoracic malignancies, and has received the Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education Socrates Award. Dr. Rusch is co-author on more than 260 papers and numerous book chapters and invited texts and has received numerous teaching and patient-care excellence awards.
Magdi H. Yacoub, MD (Adult Cardiac Surgery and Transplantation)
Dr. Yacoub is Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and Founder and Director of Research at the Magdi Yacoub Institute, Harefield Heart Science Centre, which focuses on tissue engineering, myocardial regeneration, stem cell biology, end stage heart failure, and transplant immunology. He is also Founder and Director of Magdi Yacoub Research Network which has created the Qatar Cardiovascular Research Center in collaboration with Qatar Foundation and Hamad Medical Corporation.
Dr. Yacoub was born in Egypt and held an assistant professorship at the University of Chicago. He was a British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery for over 20 years, and a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Harefield Hospital from 1969-2001 and Royal Brompton Hospital from 1986-2001.
Dr. Yacoub established the largest heart and lung transplantation program in the world (in the United Kingdom) where more than 2,500 transplant operations have been performed. Among his many other accomplishments, he pioneered a live-saving surgical technique for treating infants born with transposition of the great arteries.
Dr. Yacoub was knighted for his services to medicine and surgery in 1991, awarded Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1998 and became a Fellow of The Royal Society in 1999.
Dr. Yacoub is author or co-author on more than 1,000 articles